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noun

payphone

PAY-fohn
noun
1
A public telephone that requires coins, a card, or other payment to make a call.
"Payphones have mostly disappeared now that everyone carries a mobile."

How to Use Payphone

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In plain EnglishA coin- or card-operated public phone.

Word Forms

payphones plural

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_____ have mostly disappeared now that everyone carries a mobile.

Etymology

From "pay" plus "phone."

Rhymes for payphone

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